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Interview with François Boussard, President of the Sud Sarthe Local Authorities Group (72) since 2017 Located on a former military munitions depot (ETAMAT in Aubigné-Racan) which closed in 1999, the solar energy plant project is part of the rehabilitation of the site which had already undergone explosives decontamination, dismantling of

Interview with Akhobi Sitou, Managing Director of SÉOLIS Group (79) The SÉOLIS Group’s core business occupies a specific geographical place in the energy sector, given that this company, with its 175 employees, is a long-established supplier of energy to the Deux-Sèvres department in the west of France. Due to its

Interview with Stephanie Facon-Retaux, a grower in Berre l’Etang (French Department 13), just outside Marseilles Stephanie Facon-Retaux and her husband run a market garden and horticulture business in the town of Berre l’Etang, near Marseilles. They grow flowers and fruit both outside and in their greenhouses. “We started this solar-powered

18 years after the tragic explosion at the AZF site, the former industrial brownfield is being reborn through an exemplary site reconversion project into a source of renewable energy production. “This initiative is a manifestation of the Toulouse metropolitan area’s engagement in favor of renewable energies and is fully part

Poste Immo, a subsidiary of the La Poste Group, is the real estate holding company and operator of the group. Its creation in 2004 responded to 3 major objectives : Modernize the group’s real estate. Optimize the occupation of surfaces, the costs, and the productivity of real estate activity at

Carrefour has united with Urbasolar to accelerate the energy transition of its superstores with a first phase of installation of photovoltaic parking canopies on 36 of the brand’s superstore parking areas. The electricity produced is completely self-consumed on site by each store. Carrefour is the first distributer in France to

In January 2018, BNP Paribas Reim France acquired, through an off-plan purchase (VEFA) with Nexity, a logistics platform at the heart of the Mitra urban development zone, for its real estate investment company (SCPI) Accimmo Pierre. With a total area of 58,000 m², the Mitra Campus is the new regional

Senegal has made the energy sector, and the reduction of carbon footprint, one of the main goals of the Rising Senegal Plan (PSE, Plan Sénégal émergent), a new referential public policy in the country for 2035. Sococim Industries, a subsidiary of the Vicat group, has engaged in the energy transition

In the middle of a rose farm, a solar power plant was created at Red Land Roses in Riuru, Kenya. “The installation of this photovoltaic self-consumption system following a hybrid process that interfaces with the grid and diesel generators has allowed us to save 30% on our electricity bill. But,

Interview with Daniel Renaud, mayor of Nizas since 2013, town of 650 inhabitants, Hérault Méditerranée greater metropolitan area. A quarry at the end of operations, a political will to develop renewable energy in the region, in particular photovoltaic energy, and the search for new resources are all at the origin

The Ravate Group, through its subsidiary Ravate Professionnel, a leader in the distribution of construction materials around the Indian Ocean, and Urbasolar have come together to create a joint-venture operating the photovoltaic market in La Réunion under the brand Urbasolar Océan Indien. Ravate Prodessionnel launched the equipping of its stores